The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-21
The New York Republicans.

The republicans of New York held
large and harmonious state convention
at Saratoga last week, and nominated
an excellent ticket and adopted strong
platform. Ex-senator Miller was per-
manent chairman, and in his address
showed in the clearest manner how the
democrats had failed to fulfill their
pledges and professions. Senator
Evarts nominated Colonel Frederick
Dent Grant for secretary of state, and
the nomination was carried by accla-
nation amid tremendous applause.
Colonel Grant thanked the gathering
in a brief speech. The ticket was COM
pleted by the choice of Judge Jesse
Lamoreaux of Saratoga for comptroller,
James H. Carmichael of Erie for state
treasurer, James A. Denison of Fulton
for encouragement and o. II. p. Cor
nell of Tompkins for state engineer
and surveyor. The only contest was
on the last nomination.
The platform declares that the re-
publican party by all honorable means
seeks a restoration to power in the
state and nation because of an I'M
challenged record, history attesting
its administrative success in war, in
restoration and pacifcation, in the
purity and efficiency of its methods, in
lasting benefits conferred upon the
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cratic inefiiciency. The platform APP
proves and demands the continuance
of protection and civil service reform,
liberal pensions, regulation of immi-
grafton, exclusion of anarchists, COM
munists, polygamists, paupers, Grimm
ais, the insane and the vicious, and fa-
vors the taxation of personal property,
laws against the imitation of butter
and cheese, sympathizes with Ireland,
recommends laws giving option by
counties, towns and cities on the liquor
question and restrictions by taxation
where option does not absolutely
exclude the traffic. Previous to the
adoption of the platform Howard
Crosby of New York submitted the
following:
Resolred, That the republican party be-
leves the cause of temperance is best served
by system of high license or tax, and
pledges itself to do all in it's power to secure
such system for this state.
There were speeches by Crosby, Err
win and several others. Crosby's
amendment was voted down nearly
unanimously.
The Springfield Republican says the
"studied silence of the convention
" as to presidential matters is most sig
nifcant, and darby ominous for Mr.
Blaine" Here the wish is plainly
father to the thought, for its own cor
respondent says: "There was not the
slightest indication of any preference
for Blaine or any other candidate. In
deed, all reference to national politics
or to the campaign of 1888 appeared
to be studiously avoided. The plan
seemed to be to win this year and let
next year take care of itself" But the
correspondent appears not to have had
his eyes open. The Tribune CORE
spondent says in regard to the question
as to who should be the republican can
didate for president;
A canvass to determine the answer to
this question made by several delegates
among their fellows showed that James G.
Blaine was the favorite candidate. So far
ahead was Mr.. Blaine in this competition of
possible candidates that for time it seemed
to the canvassers as if they would not he
able to discover any rivals. Mr. Blaine was
first, and it took a long-range telescope to
discover a second. Senators Evarts and
Hiscock, eX-Senators Miller and Platt and
Ex-Governor Cornell said that they preferred
not to disclose their choice. Other of the
delegates hid their secret choice behind the
phrase, GO am for the nominee of the con-
vention." Still most of the delegates
frankly expressed their preference for MI
Blaine.
A representative of the New York
World obtained the sentiment of nearly
four hundred of the delegates as to the
candidacy of Mr.. Blaine for president
in 1888, and ascertained that nearly
two-thirds of the number were favor
able to the nomination of the Maine
statesman. Out of three hundred
seventy-two delegates two hundred one
expressed a preference for Blaine,
twenty-three for Depew, nineteen for
Lincoln and from one to seven for other
men, while about one hundred were
non-committal. On the whole, the
work of the convention, in its nomina-
tons, platform and general sentiment,
is disappointing to democrats, mug
wumps and third-party prohibitionists
but it suits the republican masses.